Taking Ho­ly Or­ders in 1863, he served as As­sist­ant Cur­ate of Sand­ford-on-Thames (1863–65), Head Mas­ter of St. An­drew’s Chard­stock (1866–74), and as of 1886 was War­den of that school, which was trans­ferred to St. Ed­mund’s, Sal­is­bury (1874–85); Chap­lain to the Bish­op of Bloem­fon­tein, South Af­ri­ca (1879–98); Sub-dean of Sal­is­bury Ca­thed­ral (1887–1901); and Trea­sur­er and Pre­ben­da­ry of Sal­is­bury Ca­thed­ral (1901). His works in­clude: